Jealous? Don't be. Instead, laugh at me and my friend Erin because we (along with all our kids) walked up our street and over a few blocks to the movie set of Up in the Air yesterday, George Clooney's next film, shooting here in St. Louis.
Really we went just to see the set, but when we got there, they were actually preparing to film, so we stayed. And stayed. And stayed. We were eventually rewarded with a front row seat to see the shot take place. Here's Jason Reitman, the director:
And here's the fancy little director's tent with Up in the Air on the chairs:
And here's the guy putting some finishing touches on the fake snow (the scene was set in Wisconsin, thus the snow and why all the cars had Wisconsin license plates):
Really, seeing George Clooney wasn't that big of a deal for me (at least certainly not as big a deal as it was for the 60-year-old woman screaming at him to take his shirt off). Erin and I both agreed that we would have much preferred to have seen co-star Jason Bateman, but only because we thought he was cute when we were, like, 11. He wasn't there, though, so we had to settle for George.
Loved you on ER, George...fifteen years ago, that is. Enjoy St. Louis.
